And so they left, and on their way to Bethlehem, suddenly the same star they had seen in the East reappeared! Amazed, they watched as it went ahead of them and stopped directly over the place where the child was. And when they saw the star, they were so ecstatic that they shouted and celebrated with unrestrained joy.

When they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, they were overcome. Falling to the ground at his feet they worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure boxes full of gifts and presented him with gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Afterward they returned to their own country by another route because God had warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod.